Gloucester County Microfilm

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Date of Formation: 1651

Formed From: York County

Lost Records Note:

All records were destroyed by fire in 1820 and again in 1865.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
8	ILL available	Officials' Bond Book, 1872-1877, index, unpaged.
8	ILL available	Special Commissioners' Bond Book, 1875-1887, 23 p.
8	ILL available	Special Commissioners' Bond Book, 1892-1928, index, 205 p.
		SEE ALSO Fiduciary Records
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
57	ILL available	Charter Book, 1882-1960, index, 400 p.
48	ILL available	Charter Book, 1888-1923, 178 p.
51	ILL available	Company Ledger, 1820-1834, 528 p.
50	ILL available	Telephone Company Account Book, 1888-1891, 81 p.
49	ILL available	Unidentified Merchant's Cash Book, 1860-1868, 12 p.
46	ILL available	Unidentified Merchant's Letter Book, 1887, index, pp. 1-575
47	ILL available	Unidentified Merchant's Letter Book, 1887, pp. 576-700
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
48	ILL available	Account Book, 1890-1893, pp. 24-45
48	ILL available	Account Book, 1896-1910, index, 355 p.
48	ILL available	Account Book, 1920-1925, index, 306 p.
80	ILL available	Charity School Account Book, 1847, 1876
80	ILL available	Charity School Account Book, 1876, 1884, 82 p.
80	ILL available	Charity School Minute Book, 1840, 1866
80	ILL available	Charity School Minute Book, 1910, 1922, 228 p.
80	ILL available	Charity School Record of Debts Due, 1826, 1856
54	ILL available	Local Board of Review Minute Book, 1915-1926, 72 p.
54	ILL available	Road Commissioner's Book, 1908, 44 p.
50	ILL available	Road Tax Book, 1886, 5 p.
Reel No.		Court Records
51	ILL available	Clerks' Account Book, 1854-1860, 395 p.
49	ILL available	Clerks' Account Book, 1861-1867, 720 p.
50	ILL available	Clerks' Account Book, 1867-1872, index, 149 p.
50	ILL available	Clerks' Account Book, 1869-1880, index, 40 p.
54	ILL available	Clerks' Fee Book, 1860, index, 149 p.
54	ILL available	Clerks' Fee Book, 1861-1863, index, 121 p.
59	ILL available	Clerks' Fee Book, 1861-1866, index, 101 p.
73	ILL available	Clerks' Fiduciary Order Book, 1970-1977, (contains probated wills), index, 367 p.
24	ILL available	Clerks' Memorandum Book, 1839-1846, 1873-1876, unpaged.
24	ILL available	Clerks' Memorandum Book, 1846-1853, 1856, unpaged.
24	ILL available	Clerks' Memorandum Book, 1853-1869, unpaged.
24	ILL available	Clerk's Memorandum Book, 1860, unpaged.
53	ILL available	Clerks' Process Book, 1831-1841, index, 158 p.
53	ILL available	Clerks' Process Book, 1842-1859
52	ILL available	Clerks' Process Book, 1878-1895
47	ILL available	Clerks' Process, Book, 1862-1878
47	ILL available	Clerks' Receipt Book, 1860-1891
		County Court
		Order Book
1	ILL available	Minute Book, 1820 - [18]21, [xxi] index, 519 p.
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1820-1821 (contains receipts from 1834), unpaged.
2	ILL available	Minute Book, 1822 - [18]25, [xxiv] index, 727 p.
3	ILL available	Minute Book, 1833 - [18]36, [xxii] index, 499 p.
4	ILL available	Minute Book, 1834 - 1839, 409 [2] p.
4	ILL available	Minute Book, 1839 - 1842, 328 p. (pages 325-328 mutilated)
5	ILL available	Minute Book No. 1, 1858 - 1867, [lvi] index, 592 [1] p.
10	ILL available	Order Book 2, 1867-1874, 801 p., index.
11	ILL available	Order Book 3, 1874-1878, index, 398 p.
11	ILL available	Order Book 4, 1874-1880, index, 397 p.
12	ILL available	Order Book 5, 1880-1883, index, 350 p.
12	ILL available	Order Book 6, 1883-1885, index, 352 p.
13	ILL available	Order Book 7, 1885-1887, 320 p., index.
13	ILL available	Order Book 8, 1887-1889, index, 330 p.
13	ILL available	Order Book 9, 1890-1892, index, pp. 1-199.
14	ILL available	Order Book 9, 1890-1892 (continued), pp. 200-399.
14	ILL available	Order Book 10, 1893-1895, index, 363 p.
15	ILL available	Order Book 11, 1895-1897, index, 396 p.
15	ILL available	Order Book 12, 1897-1899, index, 400 p.
16	ILL available	Order Book 13, 1899-1902, index, 399 p.
16	ILL available	Order Book 14, 1902-1904, index, 326 p.
52	ILL available	Grand Jury Book, 1853-1875
54	ILL available	Register of Convicts, 1872-1885, 7 p.
58	ILL available	Rule Book, 1857-1863
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
52	ILL available	Docket Book, 1837-1851
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1846-1850, unpaged.
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1850-1853, unpaged. (includes Circuit Court)
58	ILL available	Rule Book, 1831-1850
58	ILL available	Rule Book, 1846-1851
58	ILL available	Rule Book, 1850-1881 (includes Circuit Court)
		Circuit Court
17	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1865-1875, index, 611 p.
18	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 2, 1875-1879, index, 399 p.
18	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 3, 1879-1883, index, 396 p.
19	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 4, 1883-1888, index, 387 p.
19	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 5, 1888-1893, index, 381 p.
20	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 6, 1893-1898, index, 389 p.
20	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 7, 1898-1904, index, 388 p.
55	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1870-1873, 100 p., index.
21	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1865-1868, index, 641 p.
21	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1867-1871, index, 466 p.
22	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1871-1879, index, 509 p.
22	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1880-1891, index, 358 p.
23	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1891-1904, index, 385 p.
23	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1904-1908, index, 399 p.
17	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1976-1977, index, 241 p.
52	ILL available	Docket Book, 1853-1856
52	ILL available	Docket Book, 1856-1859
53	ILL available	Docket Book, 1859-1866
59	ILL available	Execution Book, 1853-1869, index, 278 p.
52	ILL available	Grand Jury Book, 1853-1875
57	ILL available	Index to Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Books, 1895-1977, Defendants, 199 p.
56	ILL available	Index to Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Books, 1895-1977, Plaintiffs, 202 p.
56	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Book 13, 1974-1977, index, 159 p.
49	ILL available	Judgment, 1857-1867, 171 p. [Marshall vs. Keen] [Circuit Court/Supreme Court of Appeals]
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1850-1853, unpaged
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1854-1859, unpaged.
9	ILL available	Minute Book, 1859-1867, unpaged.
54	ILL available	Register of Convicts, 1871-1885, 7 p.
58	ILL available	Rule Book, 1850-1881
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
25	ILL available	Commissioners' Fiduciary Account Book, 1861-1885, 51 p.
54	ILL available	Estate Inventory, 1888, 30 p.
54	ILL available	Estate Inventory, 1916-1920, 27 p.
44	ILL available	Estate Papers of Captain Henry Chapman, 1847-1872.
54	ILL available	Executor's Account Book, 1868-1869, 104 p.
8	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book, 1872-1877, index, unpaged.
8	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book, 1892-1901 (includes Officials' Bonds), index, 220 p.
26	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book, 1901-1909 (includes Officials' Bonds), index, 350 p.
73	ILL available	Fiduciary Order Book, 1970-1977, (contains probated wills), index, 367 p.
25	ILL available	Fiduciary Settlement Book, 1911-1919, index, 504 p.
50	ILL available	General Index to Fiduciary Accounts, 1861-1897, 182 p.
59	ILL available	Guardians' Account Book, 1851-1890, index, pp. 46-277
27	ILL available	Inventories, Appraisements, and Administration Accounts, 1861-1871, index, 459 p.
28	ILL available	Inventories, Appraisements, and Administration Accounts, 1871-1882, index, 452 p.
28	ILL available	Inventories, Appraisements, and Administration Accounts, 1884-1894, index, 407 p.
29	ILL available	Inventories, Appraisements, and Administration Accounts, 1894-1902, index, 410 p.
29	ILL available	Inventories, Appraisements, and Administration Accounts, 1901-1912, index, 503 p.
25	ILL available	Record of Fiduciaries, 1864-1885, unpaged.
Reel No.		Health and Medical Records
72	ILL available	Medical Register, 1913-1977, index, 84 p.
Reel No.		Land Records
60	ILL available	Deed Book 1, 1862-1868, 413 p.
64	ILL available	Deed Book 10, 1882-1883, 352 p.
65	ILL available	Deed Book 11, 1884-1885, 432 p.
65	ILL available	Deed Book 12, 1885-1887, 400 p.
66	ILL available	Deed Book 13, 1887-1888, 398 p.
66	ILL available	Deed Book 14, 1888-1889, 400 p.
67	ILL available	Deed Book 15, 1889-1891, 398 p.
67	ILL available	Deed Book 16, 1891-1892, pp. 3-365
68	ILL available	Deed Book 17, 1892-1893, 416 p.
68	ILL available	Deed Book 18, 1893-1894, 416 p.
69	ILL available	Deed Book 19, 1894-1896, pp. 2-395
60	ILL available	Deed Book 2, 1868-1870, 399 p.
69	ILL available	Deed Book 20, 1895-1896, 400 p.
70	ILL available	Deed Book 21, 1896-1897, 399 p.
70	ILL available	Deed Book 22, 1897-1899, 500 p.
71	ILL available	Deed Book 23, 1899-1900, 491 p.
71	ILL available	Deed Book 24, 1900-1901, 500 p.
61	ILL available	Deed Book 3, 1870-1872, pp. 39-400
61	ILL available	Deed Book 4, 1872-1873, pp. 20-399
62	ILL available	Deed Book 5, 1873-1875, pp. 47-400
62	ILL available	Deed Book 6, 1875-1876, 400 p.
63	ILL available	Deed Book 7, 1876-1879, 605 p.
63	ILL available	Deed Book 8, 1880-1881, 390 p.
64	ILL available	Deed Book 9, 1881-1882, 352 p.
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (A)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Ba-Bn)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Bo-Bz)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Ca-Cn)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Co-Cz)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (D)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (E)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (F)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (G)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Ha-Hn)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Ho-Hz)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (I-J)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (K)
33	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (L)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Ma-Mc)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Md-Mz)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (N-O)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (P-Q)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (R)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Sa-Sl)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Sch-Sh)
34	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (Sm-Sz)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (T)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (U-V-X-Y-Z)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantees (W)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (A)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Ba-Bn)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Bo-Bz)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Ca-Cn)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Co-Cz)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (D)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (E)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (F)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (G)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Ha-Hn)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Ho-Hz)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (I-J)
38	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (K)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (L)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Ma-Mc)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Md-Mz)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (N-O)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (P-Q)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (R)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Sa-Sl)
39	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Sch-Sh)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (Sm-Sz)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (T)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (U-V-X-Y-Z)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1862-1960 - Grantors (W)
36	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1936-1960 - Grantees (H-O)
37	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1936-1960 - Grantees (P-Z)
36	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1936-1960 - Grantors (P-Z)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantees (A)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantees (Ba-Bn)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantees (Bo-Bz)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantees (Ca-Cn)
35	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantees (Co-Cz)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantors (A)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantors (Ba-Bl)
40	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1961-1975 - Grantors (Bo-Bz)
32	ILL available	General Index to Deeds and Wills, 1976-1977 - Grantors (T-Z)
31	ILL available	General Index to Surveyors' Plat Books, 1890-1937
73	ILL available	Oyster Plat Book 1, 1892-1961, index, 222 p.
74	ILL available	Oyster Plat Book 2, 1892-1904, 400 p.
30	ILL available	Plat Book 10, 1976-1977, 131 p.
30	ILL available	Plat Book 11, 1977, 12 p.
74	ILL available	Record of Transfer of Oyster Planting, 1905-1923, index, 398 p.
72	ILL available	Release Deed Book 1, 1886-1919, index, 176 p.
81	ILL not available	Surveyor's Book 2, 1830, 1871
81	ILL not available	Surveyor's Book 3, 1873, 1905
81	ILL not available	Surveyor's Book 4, 1900, 1920
81	ILL not available	Surveyor's Book 5, 1906, 1937
6	ILL available	Surveyor's Book A, 1733 - 1810 c, [3], 54 [6] p.
6	ILL available	Surveyor's Book No. 1, 1817 - 1852 c, [iv] index, [2], 271 [2] p.
75	ILL available	Surveyors' Plat Book 2, 1849-1872, 244 p.
76	ILL available	Surveyors' Plat Book 3, 1873-1926, 200 p., index
31	ILL available	Surveyors' Plat Book, 1901-1923
31	ILL available	Surveyors' Plat Book, 1906-1937
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
41	ILL available	Birth Register, 1865-1890, unpaged.
41	ILL available	Death Register, 1865-1890, unpaged.
42	ILL available	General Index to Marriage Registers, 1853-1977 - Females
42	ILL available	General Index to Marriage Registers, 1853-1977 - Males
77	ILL available	Marriage Register 1, 1853-1895, 277 p.
77	ILL available	Marriage Register 2, 1895-1930, 99 p.
42	ILL available	Marriage Register 3, 1931-1973, 100 p.
42	ILL available	Marriage Register 4, 1973-1977, 16 p.
Reel No.		Military and Pension Records
45	ILL available	Account Book of Major Wyndham Kemp, 1854-1860, index, 275 p.
44	ILL available	Cash Book of Major Wyndham Kemp, 1856-1859, unpaged.
43	ILL available	Induction and Discharge Register 2, 1946-1956, index, 501 p.
43	ILL available	Induction and Discharge Register 3, 1956-1976, index, 192 p.
50	ILL available	WWI Register, 1917-1919, index, pp. 29-165 [comprised mainly of names only]
Reel No.		Organization Records
41	ILL available	Account Book of the Botetourt Club, 1914-1919.
79	ILL available	Kingston Parish Vestry Book, 1774-1856, index, 182 p.
Reel No.		School Records
48	ILL available	Public School Register, 1886-1891, 27 p.
Reel No.		Tax and Fiscal Records
30	ILL available	Land Tax Book, 1862, 42 p.
30	ILL available	Land Tax Book, 1900, 112 p.
7	ILL available	Tax Accounts, 1770-1771, unpaged index, 475 p.
Reel No.		Township Records
8	ILL available	Abingdon Township Minute Book, 1871-1874, 18 p.
8	ILL available	Petsworth Township Minute Book, 1871-1882, 47 p.
		SEE ALSO Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
Reel No.		Wills
78	ILL available	Will Book A, 1862-1884, 149 p.
78	ILL available	Will Book B, 1866-1920, 343 p.
		SEE ALSO Land Records
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
24	ILL available	Account Book, 1832-1841, 1868-1869, unpaged.
45	ILL available	Account Book, 1848-1864

ILL indicates a copy is available for loan.